Taxation: Finance Act 2024, 30th edition

Published by Pearson (January 16, 2025) © 2025

  • Alan Melville
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  • A print edition
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  • A print edition

Title overview

Get clarity of UK taxation rules and policies for 2024

Taxation 30th edition by Alan Melville is the market-leading text on UK taxation that covers the changes introduced by the annual Budget 2024. The new edition brings the book up to date with the provisions of the Finance Acts 2024. Featuring well-structured prose with updated examples and exercises, this popular guide serves as both a core text for those studying taxation for the first time, and a reference text that explains the UK tax system and taxation regulations. It is also useful if you are preparing for taxation exams of professional accounting bodies.

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Table of contents

Part 1 Income Tax and National Insurance

  1. Introduction to the UK tax system
  2. Introduction to income tax
  3. Personal allowances
  4. Payments and gifts eligible for tax relief
  5. Income from property
  6. Income from savings and investments
  7. Income from employment (1)
  8. Income from employment (2)
  9. Income from self-employment: Computation of income
  10. Income from self-employment: Allocating profits to tax years
  11. Income from self-employment: Capital allowances
  12. Income from self-employment: Trading losses
  13. Income from self-employment: Partnerships
  14. Pension contributions
  15. Payment of income tax, interest and penalties
  16. National Insurance contributions

Part 2 Capital Gains Tax

  1. Introduction to capital gains tax
  2. Computation of gains and losses
  3. Chattels and wasting assets
  4. Shares and securities
  5. Principal private residence
  6. CGT reliefs

Part 3 Corporation Tax

  1. Introduction to corporation tax
  2. Corporate chargeable gains
  3. Computation and payment of the corporation tax liability
  4. Corporation tax losses
  5. Close companies and investment companies
  6. Groups of companies and reconstructions

Part 4 Miscellaneous

  1. Value added tax (1)
  2. Value added tax (2)
  3. Inheritance tax
  4. Overseas aspects of taxation

Part 5 Answers

Index

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